Electric Avenue 2027 tickets sell out almost instantly

The final 15,000 tickets for the 2027 Electric Avenue festival sold out almost instantly on Thursday. The release, which included 5,000 tickets reserved for One NZ customers, was exhausted by 1:20pm. The festival is scheduled to take place in Hagley Park on February 26 and 27.

Following the sell-out, tickets appeared on Facebook Marketplace and Trade Me for up to quadruple their original value. Some weekend general admission passes were advertised for $2,000, while others were listed for $1,900. One Trade Me listing offered four weekend passes for $7,999.

Organiser Callam Mitchell said the response was "extraordinary". He noted that 70,000 people were registered for tickets despite only 15,000 being available in the final release. The festival will be headlined by Calvin Harris and Kings of Leon.

Electric Avenue has warned that tickets are non-transferable and anyone carrying a pass not in their name will be denied entry. Consumer NZ's Jessica Walker advised fans to only buy from authorised sellers to avoid being ripped off.

Where reports differ

• Reports differ on the length of Kings of Leon's absence from Christchurch, citing either 18 or 19 years.

Compiled from reports by The Post, NZ Herald, 1News and Stuff.